Alexander C.
The best camera in a given situation is the one you have available. And rarely do people go about their normal days with a DSLR or RED Dragon hanging from their neck. The fleeting moments of life--tragic and joyful--that are now possible to capture for the majority of people who carry phones is nothing short of a revolution. From priceless memories, criminal evidence, abuses of authority, to random moments of kindness, we are seeing and sharing into our own and each other's lives as never before. You may not even think Apple has the best phone camera out there right now, but it's undeniable that they pushed the forces of industry and innovation in that direction when you look at what's happened in the years since the first iPhone shook the tech world in 2007.
Curious what your thoughts on Inglorious Basterds are? Should that have been in the Best Foreign Film category as well since it was roughly 30% English?
It's simply upgrading and expanding your palette for painting your story, nothing more and nothing less. To dismiss it as inconsequential is just as naive as saying that it will make you better. I agree that if you are a novice storyteller then you will stay a novice storyteller if you only focus on gear. But just like the move from harpsichord to piano increased the palette of expressivity for Classical composers, equipment that allows for the imagined impossibilities to now become possible is similarly valuable.
I've seen the trailer for this movie in theaters probably a dozen or more times now. I'm sorry to say it, cuz I'm sure they worked hard on it, but it still looks fake to me. I mean it looks great, but it's like a "Wow, look at that CGI!" kind of great. I think I read somewhere that Scorsese's film with DeNiro delayed its release because Scorsese was mortified with the CGI "young" DeNiro.
Lol that was my very first thought as well Peter.
No. 20 is "Dumbo" the animated film from Disney.